<?php
/**
 * Slipstream :: Highly adaptive dependency injection framework
 * Copyright 2010-2011 Ian Unruh (Xerof3ar)
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
namespace Slipstream\Infrastructure\Context\Type;
use Slipstream\Configuration\ContextInterface;

/**
 * The context type resolver service attempts to determine the class or interface
 * type that is being represented by a certain context.
 * 
 * @author Ian Unruh (Xerof3ar) <ianunruh@gmail.com>
 * @since Class avaliable since release 1.0
 */
interface ResolverServiceInterface
{
	/**
	 * Attempts to resolve a context to a class or interface type
	 * 
	 * @param ContextInterface $context
	 * @return string|false Returns false if identifier could not be resolved
	 */
	public function resolveType(ContextInterface $context);
}